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Quotes, Examples, and Ideas from My Missional Frontier

Alex Absalom

Alex Absalom describes “Missional Community”:

The group balances its energies between an upward movement towards God, an inward movement toward the MC as a place of identity, and an outward movement to represent Christ to their mission context. When they gather, they express this in creative ways that are appropriate to their context. In fact, there will be great diversity between groups in how this looks, with a variety of faces and voices being given room to step forward and contribute what they can. The only ‘rule’ is that they do not try to do a miniature version of a Sunday church service

While I read Alex Absalom’s stuff, I have not spent much time considering what he has concerning OIKOS. However, I am swayed of it being a way to understand how it is the church in the first few centuries of its existence was able to spread. It spread through networks of relationship…which is far different …

I have tried to make a little bit of Bible study a part of our fledgeling communities. I’m very intentionally trying to not turn it into just a Bible study and I’m very intentionally making sure that everyone is able to share a bit about what the passage might mean to them. I want it …

“Open-Edged” is the adjective Alex Absalom uses to describe a Missional Community in a blog post over at The High Calling. As the early church so clearly demonstrated, mission is best done in community. Our missional communities are meant to have a deeply attractive quality about them, offering relationships and service that are both highly …

More good stuff from Alex Absalom: COMMUNITY – authentic community occurs, so people can belong before they believe, and will experience an extended family atmosphere MISSION – there is a common mission to a specific group of people (this is a ‘who’, not a ‘what’) PRACTICE – everyone gets to contribute in every area

You want to invite someone into you the church? Invite them into your home first. http://t.co/mAq0NXoHHq — Fresh Expressions US (@FExpressionsUS) October 23, 2014 ****** "Our first form of witness is our life together." ~ Keas Keasler @keaskeasler #V3Intensive @V3_movement — Tim Catchim (@timcatchim) October 23, 2014 ******* When the church resists change, it is …